{"id":7356,"date":"2018-03-09T19:17:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T03:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=7356"},"modified":"2025-12-14T19:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T03:18:40","slug":"the-spirit-of-benny-fun-run-and-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2018\/03\/09\/the-spirit-of-benny-fun-run-and-walk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spirit of Benny Fun Run and Walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>PRpond]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Spirit of Benny 10K\/5K Fun Run and Walk is a family friendly fundraiser that supports the seriously ill children and families of El Dorado County, CA. Funds will will go to Make-A-Wish\u00ae, whose mission is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. This year\u2019s run\u2019s proceeds go directly into the Adopt-A-Wish\u00ae program benefiting Ricardo, a local 6th grader.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>When?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nStart time: Saturday 8:00am (17 March)<br \/>\nEnd time: Saturday 1:00pm (17 March)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Where?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n100 Placerville Drive, Placerville<\/p>\n<p>This event is hosted by The Spirit of Benny.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Registration Required.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\"><strong>Race Day is Saturday March 17th, 2018 8:00 am<br \/>\nRegistration Deadline for Tech Tee: 2\/16\/18, Midnight<br \/>\nRegistration Closes: 3\/14\/18, midnight MST<br \/>\nThe first 50 registrants get a free water bottle from Sam\u2019s Town Cyclery!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rs-article-img c68203366a1683i1001871226 rs-active\"><span id=\"c68203366a1683i1001871226\"><\/span><img id=\"ui-5\" class=\"rs-article-img-src\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.thespiritofbenny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Spirit-of-Benny-2018-TM.jpg?resize=209%2C300\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.thespiritofbenny.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Spirit-of-Benny-2018-TM.jpg?resize=209%2C300\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/span><strong>The Spirit of Benny 10K\/5K Fun Run and Walk<\/strong>\u00a0is a family friendly fundraiser that supports the seriously ill children and families of El Dorado County, CA. Funds will will go to Make-A-Wish\u00ae, whose mission is to create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. This year\u2019s run\u2019s proceeds go directly into the Adopt-A-Wish\u00ae program benefiting Ricardo, a local 6th grader.\u00a0<a>Click here to learn more about Ricardo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The staging area begins at the County of El Dorado Fairgrounds at\u00a0100 Placerville Dr., Placerville, CA 95667\u00a0and continues onto the scenic El Dorado Trail. The first half goes out the yellow gate of the Fairgrounds, up Fair Lane to Ray Lawyer Dr. and onto the scenic El Dorado Trail and back again with a nice downhill to the finish. The 10K runners begin at 8am and the 5K runners at 8:15am. Gold Country Gift Cards will be awarded for top male and female finishers as well as ribbons for top finishers by age categories. We will also provide all registered participants with short sleeve tech tees and goody bags. There will be live music by local sensation The Garage Openers, Caffe Santoro\u2019s coffee with personality, food trucks, a mini expo with sponsor tents and a raffle. This race is timed by\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\">Capital Road Race Management<\/a>\u00a0who will also have a kiosk with laptops to check your time. Come celebrate St. Patrick\u2019s Day with us and enjoy our quaint downtown, Apple Hill or our local wineries after the run!<\/p>\n<p>See more here:\u00a0<a>http:\/\/www.thespiritofbenny.org\/register\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRpond] The Spirit of Benny 10K\/5K Fun Run and Walk is a family friendly fundraiser that supports the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7357,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7356\/revisions\/7357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}